I love Lisa Mantchev’s work. She is on a very short list of authors that automatically go on my To Be Read pile. When she started writing books for younger children, I was excited. I have younger children and I could finally introduce them to one of my favorite author’s work. Strictly No Elephants was brilliant. It is a favorite in our house. When Someday, Narwhal was announced, I knew it would make its way to our shelf. I ordered it for Christmas this year and, before I wrapped it, I read it. And, I loved it. If anyone loved Strictly No Elephants, I absolutely, completely, 100% recommend Someday, Narwhal. I can’t wait for my kids to open it on Christmas morning and I will be sure to share my kids reviews of the book after the new year.

In this charming companion to the award-winning picture book Strictly No Elephants, a tiny narwhal discovers that sometimes the difference between staying home and a big adventure is a group of loving friends.

That’s what the world looks like from inside Tiny Narwhal’s fishbowl. It’s not very exciting. She dreams of the world beyond: endless blue sky, tall buildings, a bridge. But Tiny Narwhal hasn’t any feet and doesn’t know the street names. And what if it’s cold outside?

What this little narwhal does have, though, are good friends. With the help of her boy and his friends, plus a penguin, bat, and giraffe, Tiny Narwhal finally feels brave enough to go on an adventure.

Someday, Narwhal features the same adorable cast of pets and sweet, lyrical language as Lisa Mantchev’s beloved Strictly No Elephants.

I started reading this last night. I read until I couldn’t read anymore and then I read more this morning. It was even better than the first one. It was awesome! It was amazing! 😍 I recommend this to everyone who read Bridge Daughter.

I now have a book hangover so I probably won’t be reading much for the next few days.

Single mother Hanna Driscoll struggles to raise her “bridge daughters,” twins born pregnant with Hanna’s children. In six weeks the girls will give birth and die, leaving Hanna with two infants to raise.

Then Hanna’s busy life is shaken when an activist threatens to rescue her daughters from their fate and kill the children they bear.

A thriller of twists and turns, Hanna faces challenges from all sides to protect her infants-to-be…only to discover she too questions the mortality of her bridge daughters.

This book was absolutely amazing. I loved it. It took me a few weeks to read it but that was more of a scheduling issue than an issue with the book. Frankie was a character that I could see myself hanging out with at 16. I will be reading more books by E. Lockhart. If you have one to recommend, let me know in the comment section.

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue. A chip on her shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.

Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer the kind of girl to take “no” for an answer. Especially when “no” means she’s excluded from her boyfriend’s all-male secret society. Not when her ex-boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places. Not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew’s lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue. A chip on her shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.

Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer the kind of girl to take “no” for an answer. Especially when “no” means she’s excluded from her boyfriend’s all-male secret society. Not when her ex-boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places. Not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew’s lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.

I finished this about 5 minutes ago and I am already alternating between wanting to read it again and wanting the next book. There were twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting. This whole book felt like a roller coaster. I loved it. I want more.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22401692-the-romeo-catchers#
Is blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans?
Tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up, Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici. Not even the multitude of enchanted locks on the attic door trapping Nicco within can break their connection.
Sensing Nicco calling to Adele, Isaac tries relentlessly to keep her from exploring paths too dark that would endanger them all. But a new threat is rising: the Medici’s presence has attracted something else to New Orleans…an older enemy, one that will bring Isaac’s haunted past to life, test the witches’ friendships, and jeopardize Adele and Isaac’s blossoming relationship.
In this spellbinding continuation of The Casquette Girls saga, Adele must draw on the past—from seventeenth-century Florence, a time bubbling with alchemy and fraternal betrayal—and sort history from fantasy if she is to have any chance of saving her mother, her coven, and her magic.
Stay awesome ♡ Christa